 He later joined the cast of "Clocking Off", written by Paul Abbott.In 1996, he briefly appeared as a policeman in Jimmy McGovern's one-off drama for ITV "Hillsborough", based on the 1989 Hillsborough disaster.In 1999, he appeared in an episode of "Queer As Folk", as a "Doctor Who"-obsessed fan, and had a one-night stand with Vince, one of the protagonists, before taking the role of Toyah Battersby's (Georgia Taylor) rapist Phil Simmonds on the long-running ITV soap opera "Coronation Street" in 2000.